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St. Philip Neri in levitation, fresco by unknown (1600 ca.) from Vallicella rooms of the saint, Chiesa Nuova, Rome. / Credit: Francesco Cantone/ShutterstockRome, Italy, May 26, 2023 / 01:00 am (CNA).On the via Appia Antica, beyond the Aurelian walls, sits the ancient basilica of San Sebastiano fuori le Mura. It is one of the most important churches in Rome, not only because it is one of the seven pilgrimage churches of Rome, but also because it is where the remains of Sts. Peter and Paul were ta...

It is fitting, then, that his spiritual epiphany happened there at Pentecost. Asking God for the gift of the Holy Spirit, it came down as a great ball of fire...

St. Philip Neri in levitation, fresco by unknown (1600 ca.) from Vallicella rooms of the saint, Chiesa Nuova, Rome. / Credit: Francesco Cantone/Shutterstock Rome, Italy, May 26, 2023 / 01:00 am (CNA). On the via Appia Antica, beyond the Aurelia...

Today is the feast day of Peter Canisius. Wouldn’t you know they’d give him the shortest day of the year. He is not a saint who deserves short shrift — especially in Buffalo, where Canisius High School and Canisius College are named for him. They opened 150 years ago. And, as it happens, 150 is a round number that fits well with Peter Canisius. He wrote his famed Triple Catechism in the mid-1550s, and over the next 150 years it would go through 400 editions. You need not be a Can...